Precipitation statistics comparison between global cloud resolving simulation with NICAM and TRMM PR data

High Resolution Numerical Modelling of the Atmosphere and Ocean

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 99-112

  Satoh, M ^a   Nasuno, T ^a   Miura, H ^a   Tomita, H ^a   Iga, S ^b   Takayabu, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

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EID: 45849113586     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-49791-4_6     Document Type: Chapter

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